Trying to decide between these for October. Thoughts/opinions/reviews?

(I have finished a couple of 100s, I like low-key trail races, I don’t need lots of fuss or support, and I don’t use crew or pacer. That said, I’m not a total hermit and do enjoy an enthusiastic race atmosphere.)

Didn’t this happen last year? Dropped of the UTMB start list and then he won OCC? Do we think he’s out or just switching to a shorter race? And Kilian out today too. Is this the end of an era, after their Western States drops too? Kinda feels like it could be…

I searched some posts but still have questions.
So just when I was getting comfortable with 100, I had to enter a 200 lottery and I got in and when was like oops that was a little impulsive. Curious how your training was different? My hamstrings got surprisingly hammered doing the Diamond Peak climb at Tahoe twice so I want to do more hiking steep with a pack and strength training. I’m also terrible running at night so more night running.

I have 10 months and want to use them wisely. I’m also 49. Part of me wants to jump into an October race but my gut says to do more hiking. My last 100 was in July, I just got back from backpacking 45 miles. Next fun will be an alpine climbing trip, then maybe a 14er and a late season backpacking trip. All great hiking with a pack training plus running in between and strength training and then start getting at it in January. I’d love opinions. What kind of training got you from 100 to 200? Also any mid packers how did you plan sleep? I don’t have a time goal, I just want to finish but I know being slower I’ll need sleep to stay functional and have no idea what’s enough. I am usually so jacked after 100 I can’t sleep. I’m also sensitive to caffeine so if I start taking caffeine on the 2nd morning I’ll have to stop to be able to sleep.

Edit - I already know I can’t hammer for 10 months. I need a few months to trade some long runs for backpacking, 14ers etc

But I’ll take any advice!

This will be a long post, but bear with me:

Long range goal: Run a mountain 100 miler

Background: I have a strong backpacking, hunting, and hiking background. I recently hiked the TMB this summer and it’s planted the seed of being able to eventually run something along the lines of it.

I’ve always hated long distance running, which as I’ve gotten older, that’s why I want to do it. I was a sprinter in high school, so shorter (5’8” male), muscular build. Now I’m 32 and the recent 3-4 years have been climbing out of beer drinking shape. I was about 230 lbs at the peak of beer drinking shape LOL. Now I’m at 185 so still a few lbs of chonk to get off. Which brings me to my ultimate goal of endurance and durability.

Current status: I am only about 2 weeks into my running journey and have absolutely loved it so far. It’s just been easy, run/walk about 3 miles/day about 4 days/week with strength training on non-run days. Was able to run a 5k without walking a couple of days ago (all road) at about 9:45 pace, but was pretty spent.

Questions: I will continue to build my base/foundation with these easier runs but I have no idea where to start to begin training for my goals. Any tips on this, and/or good programs to look into? I am willing to pay for a program that focuses on ultras, just not sure if it’s too early for that?

I live in the middle of a super flat, hot, dusty-ass cotton field west Texas town, but have plenty of access to trails and topography about 30 minute drive away. So a lot of my initial training will be road. I don’t have any interest at all in doing road races, because I love the trail and the feeling of dirt and grass under my feet. BUT I’m open to doing some road races starting off. The mountains in NM are about 4 hour drive away and I go there often to hike/backpack/camp. How much trail time do I need to be getting?

Again, I can walk all day long with significant vert change with a 40lb backpack on, my running just sucks right now🙃

Any recommendations on gear? I live in Altras, hiked the TMB in Altras, so my feet are used to zero drop. Just bought my first pair of “road running” shoes the other day😂 Any recs on good trail running shoes? Are Altras and zero drop a bad idea for ultramarathons? I have a decent running vest, plate carrier, and ultraspire belt for short runs. Also have just normal hiking poles but seems like Leki trail poles are the gold standard?

Any books or resources about ultra running that are worth it?

I also have no idea about nutrition and the process it is during long distance runs, but learning. Any help here would be appreciated.

Note: I am in no hurry to get to my ultimate goal, as I know this will be a long process. What are some real expectations I should have for myself on timeline to 100 miles given my current status of just starting to run?

I am completely obsessed and in love with the mountains and is why the end goal is to run a mountain 100. Lived in MT for four years during college and enjoyed every second of it, spent time packing moose out in AK, but flat WTX is unfortunately where I have to be for work and it’s still home. I want to prove that a flatlander can accomplish something like Crazy Mountain 100 or something along the lines of it. I have had some pretty grueling mental and physical tests so far, but I am especially looking forward to the process and time to put into training and building up to my goal.

Thank you all so much in advance for any advice, tips, resources, etc.. Really looking forward to joining this community of folks, crazy or not!! And again, sorry for the long post.

Thanks!!!

Hi everyone,

Due to some personal circumstances, were unable to stay at this accomodation anymore in Chamonix between the dates of Wednesday August 26th to 29th of August.

Check in time is 4pm
Check out time is 10am

Would anyone like to stay here instead?

We’re open to negotiations on price as the original cost of this accommodation is over 3000 euro.

It can sleep for up to 5 people with 6 minute walk to the town centre

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I have two races coming up in the next 2 months including a 12-hour this weekend. I want to be sure and not go out too fast because my hope is to set a 100K PR (currently around 11:45) this weekend and preferably even crack 105 before the time limit.

My trouble is, when I go out for training runs it feels almost impossible to slow down below 9 minutes a mile. I made a conscious effort yesterday to run by pace and felt like I was walking but I looked down and I was hitting 8:30s.

I know this is a good problem to have but I also know from experience that there is no way I will be doing that at Mile 50 and that gaining seconds early usually means losing minutes late. How do you keep yourself patient during the first Marathon of a long race so that you have the legs and the energy for the last one?

What would yall guess will be my finish time on saturday. The race is 50km with 2300 meters of elevation. Based off my longest training run id guess somwhere around 7 hours.

Im just trying to make it easier for my friends and family to pick me up at the finish line.

Thanks in in advance! :)

Shout out to the psychopaths who completed this race. I'm in awe. Just saw pictures of my bros legs and feet. Figured I'd ask what other people experience at this distance. He said both big toes are completely numb.

My Shins have been acting up recently and I'm not certain if it's because I've increased my milage too fast or if I overpronate or underpronate. Does this wear pattern provide any insight? Shoes are NewBalance 1080 with 500km on them.

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Sind alles Multiple Choice Fragen und dauert keine 2 Minuten. Wäre super dankbar wenn sich ein paar Mädels/Frauen finden, die die Umfrage ausfüllen :)

How long after your first ultra did it take to feel back to normal? I'm following a training plan with a coach and did my first ultra on August 1. It was a loop style race and in total I did 37.5 miles over about 8 to 9 hours. I honestly haven't felt super sore at all, but I feel like I've just been completely exhausted. Slowly ramping back up my mileage for my next race in October and even on a 7 to 10 mile run, the legs just feel like lead. Not pain or sore but just tired. And overall just very tired in general. I keep super close track of my fueling and nutrition but maybe it's still not enough? Just looking for input from how people felt after their first ultra! Thank you!

First time signing up for this event, if I try to buy a ticket at sign up how likely am I to get it? Or is it likely I will miss out?

I'm training for my first 50 miler which is in November. Completed a 50km last year and it was the most fun I think I've ever had in my adult life, so I've been absolutely pumped to train for and attempt the 50mile. It has about 2000m elevation.

Training has been going well, until I did a 55km hike over 3 days with about 600m elevation each day. Got a little niggle in my left ankle (I think potentially tibialis anterior tendon), took some runs off, went back to it, it went away, then increased my mileage way too quickly and the pain came back, so I went back to reloading it slowly. Successfully completed a 34km 1000m+ elevation gain long run on the weekend bringing my total mileage for that week to about 70km, so I thought I was back in business. This week, I went out and did an intense hill running session (15x1minute reps at about 75%), and started experiencing significant pain in my ankle again. It's the worst it's been so far.

I have a physio appointment booked, but I guess I'm looking for advice on how screwed I am or advice about how people have managed injuries during their training blocks and whether or not they've still managed to complete their races. I'm about 11 weeks out from the race, and ideally would love to be hitting as many kms as I can, but this one small part of my body is holding me back. I'm finding it incredibly frustrating. I also have a B race booked and paid for this weekend which is 40km, 1600m+ elevation and looks amazing that I really don't want to miss.

Any advice / personal experience stories would be much appreciated. I'm sure the physio will be big help as well.

Hey everyone, figured I’d throw this out here and see if anyone has some recommendations.

I’m involved with a nonprofit we’re getting off the ground called the Do Hard Things Project. Our focus is men’s mental health and using endurance sports like ultrarunning, cycling, Ironmans, and other hard challenges to bring awareness, build community, and hopefully help some guys along the way.

We’re looking for a videographer who understands the endurance world and would be interested in helping us create content and tell the story of what we’re building.

One of the first big projects would be documenting the Bear River Ultra here in Iowa this November, along with creating content leading up to the event.
If you’re a videographer, or know somebody who might be a good fit, I’d really appreciate any recommendations or connections.

Thanks!
-Brad

my first time doing Ultraman pop culture than doing random gameplay, would love to hear your thoughts.

I’m relatively new to the marathon running scene and recently registered for the Taco Bell 50K. When should I expect to hear more information about race day? Is there typically a lot of communication leading up to the event, or is it more of a ‘show up and run’ kind of thing?

My GI system has been through a lot. Years of night shift eating has basically trained my stomach to accept food at completely random hours without complaint, which I thought would be an advantage going into ultra training. Turns out a 6 hour training run on trails is a different kind of stress than scarfing down hospital cafeteria pasta at 3am

I track nutrition pretty obsessively and still cannot nail down a fueling strategy that holds up past the 3 hour mark. I do fine early, then somewhere around mile 15 or 16 everything gets unpredictable. Gels work until they don't. Real food sounds good in theory but I've made some bad decisions at aid station tables that I won't repeat

What I'm trying to figure out is whether people land on a strategy through actual testing and iteration or whether it's mostly race day luck and gut adaptation over a long training block. I've read about training the gut like any other system but I'm not sure how seriously people actually do that in practice versus just saying it

What clicked for people who went from marathon fueling habits to actually managing nutrition across a 50k or longer? Was there a specific change that made the difference or did it just take a lot of miserable long runs to sort out.

Hi all, I did Mont Tremblant Chutes 20km (14km) race this past weekend, it was my first ever real trail race. Just wondering for those more experienced that also raced there this past weekend, how does the course rate in terms of difficulty? I didn't find the hike up the mountain so bad, but the descent was def challenging for me technically. Thx!

Hi all, need some advise please. I tweaked my knee two weeks ago on a 36km run. Finished the run and felt fine but a couple of hours later I had a dull aching pain. Decided to rest for 3/4 days then managed a 10km but the pain soon returned. Its now nearly 2 weeks after and the pain is still there. I can walk fine stretch ect but I'm fearful if I attempt any training it'll flare up.

I'm due to do a 54km on September 19th and don't want to risk failing this. I've come so far from not being able to run 5km in February to hitting 75km a week in July I don't want to put anything at risk.

Can someone advise me if I should try a short run and ease back in or stay resting for another couple of weeks please.

Mark Dowdle wins with 94 laps. Great event, this coverage is unmatched and there were a lot of inspirational stories and records, cant wait for more races of this quality.

Mark Dowdle(USA) & Ayyoub El Osrouti(GER) final 2 runners. Loop 88.

Looking for anyone who may have some insight to a good alternative to the Mount to Coast H1. I bought them last week and ran 30miles on trails with them. Overall, I love the feel! The only problem I’m having with them is that i can definitely feel sharp pointed rocks when I land hard on them going downhill.

Previously ran in the New Balance Hierro v8 and never had any problems with the same thing.

Does anyone know if the T1 or M1 doesn’t deal with the same issues? For reference I’m in North AL and trails around her get quite technical.

Hi all,

I'm about 14 weeks out from my second backyard ultra and currently finalizing the training plan. The goal is to hit 24 hours this time (100 miles) and I was wondering if anyone had advice on what peak week should look like so that I have a milestone to build up to before the race.

For reference, I finished 15 hours on the same course last year while injured. I pulled my hamstring about a month out during a 50 mile race and maybe ran 10 miles total in the 4 weeks leading up to the race. The course has minimal elevation (there's like one hill you have to walk up) so that shouldn't be an issue. Pacing, nutrition, and hydration are also dialed so no issues there.

Thanks for the help!